Chapter 1:

Piper

It was the last night before break. Piper McLean was sitting down in a chair at a table in the library at her end of the school year party. She was reading her favorite book while everyone in the cafeteria danced the night away. She had to go somewhere to escape that hideous karaoke machine.

Soon though, her dad's assistant, Mellie, came over. She was chaperoning the party and making sure no monsters or accidents happen.

You see I'm a demigod. Half god and half human. My mom's Aphrodite and my dad is Tristan McLean. This was the last night before she could go back to Camp Half-Blood, where other kids like her go, with Mellie, a wind spirit.

"Piper," She said. "Why don't you go party upstairs? I got out some nice clothes for you."

When she didn't look up, Mellie sighed and snatched the book away.

"Hey!" Piper shouted.

"You can have this back if you go to the party upstairs." Mellie stated.

"You know I could just charm speak you into giving me that back."

Mellie gave her the puppy dog eyes. Reluctantly, Piper got up.

"Yay!" She said and Piper followed her into the bathroom.

Jason

Jason Grace did not want to go to the party. Instead of dancing he was in the gym shooting hoops with his older sister Thailia. Of course she was winning since she was a lieutenant of Artemis and a daughter of Zeus while he was just a son of Jupiter.

He could not wait to go back to Camp Jupiter. There he would see all of his old friends like Reyna, Frank, and Hazel. Tonight was his last night and Thailia was supposed to bring him right away to Camp Jupiter after the party.

"Why don't you go to the party, baby brother?" Thailia asked.

He answered, "I want to play basketball, of course."

Thailia shook her head. "Go to the kid's party."

"Kid's party?"

"You know what?" Thailia said, "If I make this basket, you have to go."

Jason rolled his eyes, but nodded. Thailia stood right where she was and tossed it into the basket. He sighed with defeat.

"Go get ready little brother."

Both POV's

Jason got ready and went to the gym, while Piper was sitting in a chair reading her book.

The people on stage just finished their song, and the announcer was back on.

"Who's going to rock the house next?" He called into the mic.

He pushed a button on the panel and two spot lights went around. One landed on Jason and the other landed on Piper. They both complained, but both found themselves on the stage.

"You know, someday." The announcer said, "You guys will thank me for this, or not."

He exited the stage and played the song.

(Jason-bold, Piper- italics, both- italics and bold)

Living in my own world.

Didn't understand.

That anything could happen, when you take the chance.

He was about to leave the stage. That other girl would not sing, so why would he sing alone. It would embarrass himself. Then he stopped because the girl.

I never believed in what I couldn't see.

I never opened my heart to all the possibilities.

I know

That something has changed.

Never felt this way.

And right here tonight.

This could be the start of something knew.

It feels so right to be here with you oh.

And now looking in your eyes I feel in my heart

the start of something knew.

Then Jason started taking off his coat.

Now who'd ever thought that

we'd both be here tonight.

And the world looks so much brighter, brighter, brighter.

Oh with you by my side.

I know . . . that something has changed.

Never felt this way.

I know it's for real.

This could be the start of something new.

It feels so right to be here with you oh.

And now looking in your eyes, I feel in my heart

the start of something knew.

I never knew that it could happen 'till it happened to me. Ohh yeah.

I didn't know it before, but now's it's easy to see ohh.

It's the start of something new!

It feels so right to be here with you oh.

And now looking in your eyes, I feel in my heart

Jason took a step closer and soon they were face to face. He took one more step, and Piper stepped back almost falling off the stage. Jason helped pull her back up.

That it's the start of something new.

It feels so right to be here with you oh.

And now looking in your eyes, I feel in my heart

The start of something new

The start of something new

The start of something new.

The music finished and the two would not brake their gaze with each other. They didn't even notice the announcer was back on the stage.

He introduced himself, "Jason."

"Piper." She answered back.

Jason

The two of them walked outside complimenting each other one each other's voices.

"Seriously, you have an amazing voice." Jason said. "You're a singer, right?"

She laughed, "Just . . . choir that's all. I tried solo once and nearly fainted."

"Really, why?" He asked suddenly curious.

"I took one look at those people staring at me, and next thing I know I was staring at the ceiling."

"That's hard to believe, Piper."

Piper smiled. "What about you? You singing is pretty impressive."

"I only sing in the shower." He stated. "What do you do over the summer?"

"I umm," She stammered. "I go to camp for a couple of weeks."

"Me too." He said.

For a couple a minutes it was silent.

Then all the sudden people inside were counting down until midnight. Summer break was almost here, and since Fourth of July was close, they have fireworks. I couldn't believe the school allowed it.

I was about to ask her something, but the fireworks went off. Jason was memorized by her eyes.

"Hey can I have your number?" She asked.

"Umm, Yes. Sure. Cool. Umm here." Jason stammered handing her his phone so she can put her number in it.

She gave him her phone and he put his number in it. He also put his picture in it. They gave them back each other's phone.

He looked at his phone not noticing that she was pulled away by Mellie. He apparently was talking to himself.

He looked over to where she was standing, but she wasn't there.

He thought about all the events that happened tonight. The singing, her being there, Thailia, and the announcer saying someday you'll thank me for this.

Then he said out loud, "Thank you."